We performed a comparison between Aruba Orchestrator and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product has reduced OpEx expenditure."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The most important feature is WAN optimization."
"The most valuable feature is optimization."
"The Business Intent Overlay is a great feature."
"Aruba Orchestrator has notably reduced enrollment setup times from several hours to within an hour if prepared and planned."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The solution is scalable."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality."
"The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and making it more user-friendly for first-time users."
"Aruba Orchestrator should implement dynamic certificate changes for security."
"The management menu should be simplified."
"The initial setup is complex, depending on the overall planning for the entire environment."
"The solution lacks sufficient security features."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
Aruba Orchestrator is ranked 13th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 6 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews. Aruba Orchestrator is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Orchestrator writes "Reduces OpEx expenditure but needs improvement in security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Aruba Orchestrator is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Aruba Orchestrator vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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